Must complete on the back of the study guide or on your own paper.
Name __________________________
Date ______________ Block _______
**Answers to this study guide come from your SOL Journal. The sections you need to look through to find the answers are the World War I (p.71) Unit.
Key/Essential Questions to Know
1.
How did post-WWI Europe set the stage for WWII?
2.
Which countries fought for the Allied and Axis sides during WWII?
3.
What was life like on the American homefront during WWII?
4.
What were the turning points of WWII?
5.
How did the rise of fascism affect world events following WWI?
6.
How did American policy change towards Europe and Asia over time?
7.
What contributed to the prosperity of Americans following WWII?
8.
What factors led to changing patterns of society in the post-WWII era?
9.
What policies and programs expanded educational and employment opportunities for the military, women, and minorities?
10.
What was the Holocaust?
11.
How did the US help rebuild postwar Europe and Japan?
**Please identify each of the following sections!!!!!!
People to Know
Fanklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Benito Mussolini
Rosie the Riveter
Robert Oppenheimer
Admiral Yamamoto
Charles de Gaulle
Hideki Tojo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Einstein
Places (know where the following places are located on a map)
United States
Germany
France
Pacific Theater
Stalingrad
Hiroshima
West Germany
United Kingdom
Italy
Pearl Harbor
Normandy
Midway
Nagasaki
East Germany
Soviet Union
George C. Marshall
Chester Nimitz
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Poland
Auschwitz
Berlin
European Theater

Terms, Events, & Laws/Policies to Know
Treaty of Versailles
Yalta Conference
League of Nations
United Nations
Marshall Plan
Battle of Britain
Theater
Isolationism
Fascism
Kristallnacht
Victory Gardens
Lend Lease Act
Manhattan Project
Rations
Internment Camps
Homefront
Holocaust
Propaganda
VE Day (May 8, 1945)
Battle of the Bulge
D-Day (Operation Overlord) – June 6, 1944
Battle of Stalingrad
VJ Day (August 15, 1945)
Kamikaze
Nuremburg Trials
Atomic Bomb
Battle of Midway
Blitzkrieg
“Final Solution”
Nuremburg Laws
Island Hopping
Appeasement
December 7, 1941
Aryan Supremacy
Enola Gay
War Bonds
Partition
Anti-Semitism
Genocide
Auschwitz
G.I. Bill of Rights
Baby Boom
September 1, 1939
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945